When can you move the babies?

[alohareptiles]

Well, my girl had her first bunch a babies...Started with 10 ended up with 6 nice little fuzzies growing fast...

The questions is when can I move them to change their cage? It's getting pretty rank after 2 weeks w/o a change. How should I do the move of the babies if I can move them?

[rebeccabecca]

You can change the cage 24 hours after birth as they will have a strong bond by then.

[alohareptiles]

Perfect...My nose thanks you a bunch...

[Clear]

It depends on the females IMO. I have a few females that I can move the babies the same do without injury, I have others that even if I wait a week they will kill off a few!

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Depends on the colony and how used to your presence they are.

While I do not recommend it I can change cages, picking up the babies hours after birth without any issue.

If one day has passed you should be pretty safe but again it really depends on the female.

[alohareptiles]

We were worried because like I said in the OT we started with 10 and are down to 6...Didn't want to traumatize the kids more than needed because it was hard to explain the demise of the 4...Thus, we put up with the stench for around 1 week too long...Thanks for all the help...

[nixer]

sometimes ill just clean around their nest

[alohareptiles]

Thought about that too...did the clean and moved a bit of their nest in the new bedding and they went straight to it...